The blog of Richard Thompson, caricaturist, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Shakespeare's Birthday, Again

Today is Shakespeare's birthday, or maybe not, nobody knows for sure! Like nobody's sure if he wrote all that stuff, or looked like those pictures of him, or if he was really Sir Francis Bacon. Please post your competing and unfounded theories in the comments section.

7 comments:

1. April 23 was also Shakespeare's dying day, but under the Julian calendar, not in real life.

2. Somebody once offered us free tickets to "some Shakespeare play" being performed at the Kennedy Center; however, I am reasonably certain that Shakespeare did *not* write "Shear Madness." I'd pretty much decided that this was actually one of Bacon's, until you raised the intriguing possibility of Barky...

Having grown up in Stratford Upon Avon, and been subjected to the 'Birthday celebrations' plus having a parent that was somewhat fanatical.. I can tell you, it is his birthday, He did look like he had wind, and he wrote them all, but most of his ideas were old hat, so they were versions rather than shiny off the shelf jobs.. and if you live in Stratford your sick of the sound of his name.. shakespeare this, Shakespeare that 'Shakespeare country' etc etc.. he couldn't leave the place fast enough and who can blame him!Rant over.. sorry.